Viruses Can See and Hear Their Surroundings Once Inside Us [Study] - Nature World News

Viruses may have eyes and ears that sense and decipher their environment, according to a new study which examined and analyzed a delta bacteriophage with special binding capabilities that allows it to monitor it host cell.

The research focused on bacteriophages, which are viruses that can infect bacteria, mostly referred to as "phages.".

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As a result, it must infect other cells and use components of its host cell to make copies of itself, according to the National Human Genome Research Institute.

The virus then damages and kills the host cell during the replication process, which affects the host organism, including humans.

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